LL-L: "Administrativa" LOWLANDS-L, 02.MAY.2000 (06) [E]

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From: R. F. Hahn [sassisch at yahoo.com]
Subject: Administrativa

Dear Lowlanders,

Here is just a brief reminder of some of the rules of submitting postings to
this List.

(1) KEEP SUBJECTS SEPARATE.  Do not submit a single posting in which more than
one topic is discussed.  ("Topic" equals "subject line".)  This also applies
when you respond to other people's postings.

(2) STICK TO THE SUBJECT TITLE.  If you start an entirely new discussion, you
are welcome to create your own subject title.  I may or may not adopt that
title.  (The more general the title is the better is the chance that I'll
adopt it; otherwise I'll generalize it.)  If you respond or add to previous
postings in an already existing subject line, please use the already existing
title of that discussion threat as your subject heading.  For instance, if the
current title is "Language varieties" and you respond to what someone wrote
about vowels in Flemish dialect dialects, don't choose something like "Long o
and u in the dialects of Southern Flanders" as your subject heading; stick to
"Language varieties," if you like it or not.  This facilitates sorting
submissions at my end.  If I feel that the discussion has changed or a new
discussion has branched off an existing one, it is *my* job to give it a new
title.

(3) EDIT QUOTES.  When you reply to what someone else has written, don't just
hit the reply button and write your reply before or after the quoted text.
Edit out whatever is not essential, most definitely the LL-L masthead and
footer.  (They are going to stay, for good reasons.)  Also, don't do what some
do: they follow this rule nicely until they run out of things to say, and then
they let the rest of the quoted text dangle behind their "signature."

(4) GIVE CREDIT.  Don't forget to say who the writer of the text is to which
you are responding.  (When you hit the reply button your system most likely
credits me, the sender, even if I did not write it.)

(5) IDENTIFY YOURSELF.  Anonymous postings are not permitted.  Readers must be
able to see who wrote a posting.  Many people have automatic "signatures;"
they are great.  Otherwise, your name must appear either with your address or
at the end of your contribution.  It is all right to have your surname appear
in one place and your given name in an other place within the same posting.

By all means, please feel free to submit postings to LL-L, even if you have
never done so before.  If you make a gross mistake, I'll tell you so and will
have you resubmit it correctly -- which isn't the end of the world.  If the
mistake is not so bad, I'll correct it with the hope that you will get the
hint.

If you have never posted but are considering getting into it, it's a good idea
to watch the "masters," the "old hands" or "veterans" on LL-L, namely those
subscribers who contribute frequently and have been around for a long time.
(There are a few who have been with us for the entire 5 years since LL-L took
its virgin voyage!)  You might also consider viewing a few back issues of LL-L
in our archive (http://listserv.linguistlist.org/archives/lowlands-l.html).
This will give you a good idea as to what is expected.

Good luck, and keep us posted!

Best regards,

Reinhard "Ron" Hahn
Lowlands-L

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